complimentinghimuponhisstyle，acknowledgingthegeneralsoundnessofhisviews，andonlydifferingwithhimintheaffairoftheappleandpear。

　　Ididnotlikereviewingatall-itwasnottomytaste；itwasnotinmyway；Ilikeditfarlessthantranslatingthepublisher’sphilosophy，forthatwassomethinginthelineofonewhomacompetentjudgehadsurnamedLavengro。Inevercouldunderstandwhyreviewswereinstituted；worksofmeritdonotrequiretobereviewed，theycanspeakforthemselves，andrequirenopraising；

　　worksofnomeritatallwilldieofthemselves，theyrequirenokilling。TheReviewtowhichIwasattachedwas，ashasbeenalreadyintimated，establishedonanentirelynewplan；itprofessedtoreviewallnewpublications，whichcertainlynoReviewhadeverprofessedtodobefore，otherReviewsneverpretendingtoreviewmorethanone-tenthofthecurrentliteratureoftheday。

　　WhenIsayitprofessedtoreviewallnewpublications，Ishouldadd，whichshouldbesenttoit；for，ofcourse，theReviewwouldnotacknowledgetheexistenceofpublications，theauthorsofwhichdidnotacknowledgetheexistenceoftheReview。Idon’tthink，however，thattheReviewhadmuchcausetocomplainofbeingneglected；Ihavereasontobelievethatatleastnine-tenthsofthepublicationsofthedayweresenttotheReview，andinduetimereviewed。Ihadgoodopportunityofjudging-IwasconnectedwithseveraldepartmentsoftheReview，thoughmoreparticularlywiththepoeticalandphilosophicones。AnEnglishtranslationofKant’sphilosophymadeitsappearanceonmytablethedaybeforeitspublication。InmynoticeofthisworkIsaidthattheEnglishshortlyhopedtogivetheGermansaQUIDPROQUO。Ibelieveatthattimeauthorsweremuchinthehabitofpublishingattheirownexpense。AllthepoetrywhichIreviewedappearedtobepublishedattheexpenseoftheauthors。IfIamaskedhowIcomportedmyself，underallcircumstances，asareviewer-Ianswer，-IdidnotforgetthatIwasconnectedwithaReviewestablishedonOxfordprinciples，theeditorofwhichhadtranslatedQuintilian。AllthepublicationswhichfellundermynoticeItreatedinagentlemanlyandOxford-likemanner，nopersonalities-novituperation-noshabbyinsinuations；decorum，decorumwastheorderoftheday。

　　Occasionallyawordofadmonition，butgentlyexpressed，asanOxfordundergraduatemighthaveexpressedit，ormasterofarts。

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